Outside school Jonners was hugely valued for his support and organisation of the Panda’s OP hockey team. That this team is still going owes much to the enthusiasm, skill and team spirit he engenders in all the lads who play hockey for the school at whatever level. Many of these also play the game at a very good standard, both for clubs and universities, on leaving us, which says much for his attitude when coaching, his mantra of; “All we ask is our best effort”, sums this up. In all the time I have known Mike the overriding and driving force behind his teaching and coaching was to put the pupils at the centre of his actions. This was equally true in all the houses where he was a tutor. He had standards, he expected them to be met and as the pupils grew up in the school they realised how right he was about dress on the games field, smartness around school, respect for each other and respect for the school as a whole. He is probably the best house parent we never had! Mike is a hugely talented PE teacher, games coach, tutor and organiser whose abilities will be sorely missed next year; however it is the intensely loyal, supportive, honest, generous, kind, steadfast and decent colleague and friend that I will miss- his personal integrity will be irreplaceable. Mr Paddy Stephen
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Caron Downes
Caron Downes, Classics graduate of Royal Holloway, comes from a village in the midlands but has been living in York for five years and now can’t imagine leaving. As well as teaching Latin for the ISSP, Miss Downes’ eagerness to engage in various aspects of school life is apparent in her role as a rowing coach and her cheerful presence in Dronfield, where she enjoys getting to know boarders. Her redoubtable zest for all things classical - Mary Beard is her idol and Homer would be her guest of choice at a historical dinner party! - still leaves room for a variety of other interests including a dedication to Harry Potter that inspired her to take up an extreme sport back in her wild uni days. She nostalgically recalls ‘playing muggle quidditch dressed in capes with our homemade brooms’.
Philippa Dunford-Jeffs Philippa arrived in November 2017 to take up the post of Development and Alumni Manager. She grew up in York, only a few streets away from St Peter’s and attended Queen Anne’s School for two years before moving to Bootham School in 1998. Having played in matches against St Peter’s and knowing ‘St Olave’s’ inside and out has stood Philippa in good stead for settling into life at St Peter’s. Having attended Bootham is always a good starting point for conversation with Old Peterites! Philippa took a gap year, before heading to the very North to study for her MA in English Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Aberdeen. She remained in Aberdeen,
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